Resolution 99-22: EQUAL ABSENCES FOR ALL
| Number | 99-22 |
| Description | more excused absences |
| Authored by |
Bill Reeves |
| Sponsored by |
Jeannie Panton |
| Date Submitted | Tuesday, November 10, 1998 |
| Date Considered | Thursday, January 1, 1970 |
| General Body Vote | Tuesday, December 1, 1998 |
| Committee | Academic Affairs |
| Result | Implemented |
| Remarks | IMPLEMENTED - Memo from President Witt to Provost asked for this to be enforced. |
| Whereas | Over 200 UTA students incur academic absences related to official school related activities each semester; and |
| Whereas | The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs recognizes "University Authorized Absences" as exempt from academic penalty for that absences; and |
| Whereas | Though the current undergraduate catalog indicates that a student with a University Authorized Absence "is not penalized for the absence," several university instructors deny those students access to make-up exams, unreasonably weight final exams, or count absences against final-exam exemption. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | The current UTA policy on University Authorized Absences be clarified to include prohibiting the following: academic penalties for absences, removal of attendance bonuses, and denying make-up tests while assigning heavier weights to subsequent exams. |
| Downloadable File | Download 99-22EqualAbsencesforAll_1627938808.pdf |